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    The surname Muro

    A surname, carried by 7,916 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M600

    Muro: #4,481 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Muro #4,481, 7,916 people Muro: #4,481 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Muro #4,481, 7,916 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Muro is more common than 97.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 7,916 people named Muro in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 39,003 Americans. That is up 32% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,009.

    #4,481
    rank among US surnames
    7,916
    people in 2010
    2.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +31.7%
    change since 2000 (was #5,339)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,472Haddock7,94038,885
    #4,473Appel7,93838,895
    #4,474Rupert7,93638,904
    #4,475McInnis7,93338,919
    #4,476Alam7,93238,924
    #4,477Buxton7,92538,958
    #4,478Chestnut7,92438,963

    Who is named Muro

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    82% of people named Muro identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 16% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 82%
    • White (not Hispanic) 16%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • Two or more races 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Muro

    Muro has the Soundex code M600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M600.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Muro?
    7,916 people in the United States had the surname Muro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,003 Americans. It ranked 4,481st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Muro?
    In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Muro identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 16% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Muro getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,009 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,916 in 2010, up 32%.